History of Downtown Lafayette Pub Crawls, Part 2
The concept of conducting a Pub Crawl to raise money for charity started about one year ago. A group of Lafayette Brewing Company regulars were sitting around drinking a few brews and someone suggested that we organize a pub crawl of the various downtown bars, since a lot of us spent most of our time at the Brew Pub, and didn't get to the other venues very often. As the discussion proceeded, it was suggested that it might be a good idea to use the crawl to raise money for a worthy charity. Drinking for Charity. What a nice concept!
It was decided to do a trial run on May 1, 2004. It was named the "May Day Crawl" (okay, we have a few socialists in the group) and it was attended by about 15 people. There was no money raised during this crawl. It was simply held to see if the participants could drink for 6 hours without getting shitfaced, and the bars could handle the unexpected influx of a large group. Based upon the success of this venture, it was decided to form a committee and organize regular crawls over the course of the next year.
The first "Official" crawl was held on July 3, 2004, and was named the "Red, White and Brew Crawl". The recipient of the first ever Pubcrawlers event was the Laura Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund, in the Department of Consumer and Family Sciences at Purdue. (Laura was the younger sister of LBC owner Nancy Emig, and Greg and Nancy started this scholarship upon Laura's unexpected death several years ago). Since most of the participants were LBC regulars who felt that we owed alot to Greg and Nancy for opening their fine establishment, we decided that this would be a worthy start for the organization.
The next Crawl took place on September 18, 2004 and was named the "Fall Crawl". Once again, the recipient was the scholarship fund. Together, these two crawls raised approximately $600 for the fund and will be used to help worthy Purdue students in the coming years.
At this point, the committee decided to step things up a bit and try to raise more funds and to spread these funds among needy charities in Lafayette. The subsequent crawls and the recipients for each are as follows:
"Christmas Chrawl" December 4, 2004 - Community and Family Resource Center. The Crawl raised a total of $552, which was used to help feed over 2,500 people on Christmas Day.
"Mardi Grawl" February 5, 2005 - Lafayette Urban Ministry. LUM runs a homeless shelter and provides food and emergency funding to those less fortunate in the community. A total of $515 was raised during the crawl, which will be used to support LUM's ongoing programs for needy children and families in the area.
"Crawlo de Mayo" May 7, 2005 - Lafayette Crisis Center. Staffed primarily by volunteers, the center offers an emergency hot line to assist people in crisis. A total of $475 was raised for this cause.
"Partee de Frog Crawl" August 27, 2005 - American Diabetes Association Camp John Warvel. This is a summer camp for kids with diabetes and we were able to send two kids with the $475 raised.
"2nd Annual Christmas Chrawl" December 3, 2005 - Community Family Resource Center. This was the second Chrawl held to raise money for the CFRC Annual Community Christmas Dinner. A total of $864 was raised during the event.
"2nd Annual Mardi Grawl" March 11, 2006 - Tippecanoe Community Health Center. The health center offers greatly reduced medical services to the community, especially for those without health insurance. A total of $670 was raised during this event.
"2nd Annual Crawlo de Mayo" May 6, 2006 - Wildcat Wildlife Center. The wildlife center treats injured wildlife and nurses them back to health so that they can be released back into the environment. A total of $492 was raised in this Crawl.
"Summer Crawl" July 22, 2006. Breast Cancer Awareness. This crawl was spearheaded by a regular participant who was planning to take part in a walk to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness. She brought along a group of new participants and a total of $910 was raised.
It was decided to do a trial run on May 1, 2004. It was named the "May Day Crawl" (okay, we have a few socialists in the group) and it was attended by about 15 people. There was no money raised during this crawl. It was simply held to see if the participants could drink for 6 hours without getting shitfaced, and the bars could handle the unexpected influx of a large group. Based upon the success of this venture, it was decided to form a committee and organize regular crawls over the course of the next year.
The first "Official" crawl was held on July 3, 2004, and was named the "Red, White and Brew Crawl". The recipient of the first ever Pubcrawlers event was the Laura Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund, in the Department of Consumer and Family Sciences at Purdue. (Laura was the younger sister of LBC owner Nancy Emig, and Greg and Nancy started this scholarship upon Laura's unexpected death several years ago). Since most of the participants were LBC regulars who felt that we owed alot to Greg and Nancy for opening their fine establishment, we decided that this would be a worthy start for the organization.
The next Crawl took place on September 18, 2004 and was named the "Fall Crawl". Once again, the recipient was the scholarship fund. Together, these two crawls raised approximately $600 for the fund and will be used to help worthy Purdue students in the coming years.
At this point, the committee decided to step things up a bit and try to raise more funds and to spread these funds among needy charities in Lafayette. The subsequent crawls and the recipients for each are as follows:
"Christmas Chrawl" December 4, 2004 - Community and Family Resource Center. The Crawl raised a total of $552, which was used to help feed over 2,500 people on Christmas Day.
"Mardi Grawl" February 5, 2005 - Lafayette Urban Ministry. LUM runs a homeless shelter and provides food and emergency funding to those less fortunate in the community. A total of $515 was raised during the crawl, which will be used to support LUM's ongoing programs for needy children and families in the area.
"Crawlo de Mayo" May 7, 2005 - Lafayette Crisis Center. Staffed primarily by volunteers, the center offers an emergency hot line to assist people in crisis. A total of $475 was raised for this cause.
"Partee de Frog Crawl" August 27, 2005 - American Diabetes Association Camp John Warvel. This is a summer camp for kids with diabetes and we were able to send two kids with the $475 raised.
"2nd Annual Christmas Chrawl" December 3, 2005 - Community Family Resource Center. This was the second Chrawl held to raise money for the CFRC Annual Community Christmas Dinner. A total of $864 was raised during the event.
"2nd Annual Mardi Grawl" March 11, 2006 - Tippecanoe Community Health Center. The health center offers greatly reduced medical services to the community, especially for those without health insurance. A total of $670 was raised during this event.
"2nd Annual Crawlo de Mayo" May 6, 2006 - Wildcat Wildlife Center. The wildlife center treats injured wildlife and nurses them back to health so that they can be released back into the environment. A total of $492 was raised in this Crawl.
"Summer Crawl" July 22, 2006. Breast Cancer Awareness. This crawl was spearheaded by a regular participant who was planning to take part in a walk to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness. She brought along a group of new participants and a total of $910 was raised.
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